mobility

Arm Circles

Beginner-friendly

Text cues are the instruction

No demonstration video yet. Kalyra will not use AI-generated imagery as form instruction — demonstrations arrive only as reviewed performer footage or validated animation. Until then, the step-by-step cues and setup checks on this page are the complete instruction.

Kalyra may avoid or modify this exercise when:
  • Overhead positionsKalyra holds back overhead pressing positions when you've flagged shoulder sensitivity.
Musclesshoulders
EquipmentNone
Positionstanding
Impactnone
Training roleJOINT_PREP

Form cues

  • Arms out; circle forward, big and slow
  • Then reverse direction
  • Reach the fingertips each pass

Common errors

  • ✗ Shrugging
  • ✗ Tiny rushed circles

How Kalyra programs it

Prepares and mobilizes the shoulders region — used in warm-ups and mobility blocks where range, not load, is the goal.

Typically 2–4 sets of 8–10 reps.

Easier · Harder · Substitutions

No easier regression on file.

No harder progression on file.

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Text guidance only — demonstration media has not been produced yet.

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